Hexayurt project/Funding: Difference between revisions

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File:Fully Funded Hexayurt Project Plan.pdf

We estimate that it would take about $110,000 to get the Hexayurt project done to the point where it could be tested in the field with people's lives depending on it. That budget would fund a team of two full timers building units, living in them, coordinating both hired consultants and volunteers, to produce a completely tested, finished, documented hexayurt and infrastructure package.

All intellectual property we create or control would be released under an open license, most likely fully public domain, and available for any commercial entity to produce or for organizations like non-profits to source for themselves. Some of our vendors may also choose to open their designs, but if they do not, those products will be recommended and we will do our best to link to information about open alternatives where they exist. Not everything can be provided on an open IP basis, however (for example, LEDs still have many patents, as do NIMH batteries).

However, even $10-20,000 gets us a lot of forward progress - a long term (3-6 month) test of one or two units in one or two climates. A lot more investment would be required before we were ready to use hexayurts in a disaster or refugee situation, but it would at least prove several key concepts.

If you are interested in supporting further development of either this project, please get in touch with us. For small, non-institutional donations (yes, your $50 can help!) please click on the Donations button to the left of the screen.

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-The Hexayurt project desperately needs funds to continue at the current level of development. We need funding in the tens-of-thousand-of-dollars range to do the long-term test, where Lindsey and I plan to live in one or two hexayurts for three to six months, and build many more units in different climates to observe performance, while we also refine the infrastructure package.
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-If you are interested in supporting further development of either this project or the How To Live Wiki, please click on the Donations button to the left of the screen.
+We estimate that it would take about $110,000 to get the Hexayurt project done to the point where it could be tested in the field with people's lives depending on it. That budget would fund a team of two full timers building units, living in them, coordinating both hired consultants and volunteers, to produce a completely tested, finished, documented hexayurt and infrastructure package.
+All intellectual property we create or control would be released under an open license, most likely fully public domain, and available for any commercial entity to produce or for organizations like non-profits to source for themselves. Some of our vendors may also choose to open their designs, but if they do not, those products will be recommended and we will do our best to link to information about open alternatives where they exist. Not everything can be provided on an open IP basis, however (for example, LEDs still have many patents, as do NIMH batteries).
+However, even $10-20,000 gets us a lot of forward progress - a long term (3-6 month) test of one or two units in one or two climates. A lot more investment would be required before we were ready to use hexayurts in a disaster or refugee situation, but it would at least prove several key concepts.
+If you are interested in supporting further development of either this project, please get in touch with us. For small, non-institutional donations (yes, your $50 can help!) please click on the Donations button to the left of the screen.